State:  California   (Display in Date Order)   (Display in Day Order) Planet links and investigation reports will open in a separate window indicates a female fatality Displays all records in descending fatality order Display all accidents accompanied by an investigation report Or View From These Lists For California: Only Coal Disasters Metal/Nonmetal Disasters   Date Mine Name Location Mineral Disaster Cause Killed Report 08/27/1922 Argonaut  Jackson, CA Gold Fire 47 12/24/1889 Utica  Angels Camp, CA Gold Cave-in 17 11/30/1907 Fremont  Drytown, CA Gold Fire 11 07/10/1879 Standard  Bodie, CA Gold Explosives 10 11/12/1934 Rohl-Connolly Quarry  Avalon, CA Granite Explosives 9 04/28/1917 Mountain King  Mariposa County, CA Gold Asphyxiation 7 07/24/1876 Black Diamond  Nortonville, CA Bituminous Explosion 6 10/03/1879 Tioga  Bodie, CA Gold Hoisting 6 01/19/1909 Stone Canyon  Chancellor, CA Bituminous Explosion 6 02/19/1937 Walker  Quincy, CA Copper Explosives 6 05/30/1874 Amador  Amador, CA Gold Hoisting 5 07/14/1930 Glenn  Lost Chance, CA Gold Fire 5 12/07/1906 Edison Tunnel  Bakersfield, CA Tunnel Cave-in 5 09/04/1929 Calaveras  Copperopolis, CA Copper Cave-in 5 01/05/1971 El Dorado  Shingle Springs, CA Limestone Hoisting 4 12/23/1915 Brandy City  Brandy City, CA Other Explosives 4 06/25/1975 Boron  Boron, CA Boron Asphyxiation 2 06/20/1970 Hazard  Foresthill, CA Gold Asphyxiation 1

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